Recipe: Tomato Peanut Sauce over Vegetables

Kenyan tomato-peanut sauce photographed in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011. Bay Area Peace Corps volunteers who have served time in Asia or Africa each take pride in each making their peanut sauce the very best. (Susan Tripp Pollard/Staff)

1. Heat the peanut oil in a pot and saute the onion and garlic over medium heat for 5 minutes.

2. Add the tomatoes, chiles, peanut butter and ground peanuts and stir well. Add vegetable stock, thyme, allspice and salt. Bring the mixture to boil and simmer for 30 minutes. Stir occasionally to prevent the peanut butter from sticking to the bottom of the pot.

3. Meanwhile, cut vegetables into bite-sized pieces and steam until tender but firm. Place vegetables on a plate, top with tomato peanut sauce and serve.